William eodigee



(No Model.)

W. RODIGER.

MUOILAGE BOTTLE.

N0. 380,458 Patented Apr. 3, 1888.

N. PETERS. Phelo-l.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFlCE,

WILLIAM RODIGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM H. REDINGTON, OF SAME PLACE.

M UClLAGE-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,458, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed September 29, 1887. Serial No. 251,013. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM: RODIGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mucilage-Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make a simple ch eap sponge stopper for mucilage-botties; and the invention consists in the features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a inucilage-bottle provided with my improved stopper, and Fig. 2 a bottom view of the stopper detached.

A is the bottle, B the sponge stopper, and O the wire by which the stopper is held in place.

The neck of the bottle to which my sponge stopper is applied is provided with a suitable annular groove or channel to receive and hold the wire of the stopper; but otherwise the bottle is substantially the same as other mucilags-bottles now in use. The sponge, which extends out from the mouth of the bottle and through which the mucilage is distributed, is also similar in form and purpose to other distributing-sponges now in use; but, as will be presently shown, it is secured and held in place in a different and more simple way. A small wire is secured to the sponge around its lower edge, or at least around the part intended to be inserted in the mouth of the bottle, this wire being secured loosely by sewing or otherwise, so as to permit it to have some yielding or spring quality. This wire practically forms a cut ring, the diameter of which may be less ened by pressing against its sides, and then,

by being loosened and allowed to spring back, enlarged to its original size. The cut ring being thus attached, the lower end of the sponge maybe inserted and secured in the mouth of the bottle by simply squeezing the sponge and ring, and thus making them small enough in diameter to pass within the mouth, after which and as soon as they have been pressed down sufficiently the wire of the ring will spring back and fitinto the annulargroove in the neck of the bottle, thus firmly securing the stopper in place. Thus applied the sponge stopper cannot come out or be taken out without the exercise of sufficient force to again compressthe cut ring, and so, dispensing with any additional cap or appliances for securing the sponge, the whole construction makes a very simple and efficient stopper.

Of course a hood or covering for the stopper or upper part of the bottle may be used, as is usual with this kind of bottles, if so desired.

The advantages of my invention are that, dispensing with extra appliances, as above, it makes one of the most simple and economical stoppers in the market.

I claim- In combination witha inucilage-bottle having a groove in its neck, a stopper comprising a distributing-sponge, and a spring-wire secured thereto and adapted to be pressed into the mouth of the bottle and fit in the annular groove in its neck, substantially as described.

\VILLIAM RODIGER.

\Vitnesses:

EPHRAIM BANNING, GEORGE G. 000K. 

